Advancing school and community engagement now for disease prevention (ASCEND): A quasi-experimental trial of school-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 143-152

  Treu, Judith A ^a   Doughty, Kimberly ^b   Reynolds, Jesse S ^a   Njike, Valentine Y ^a   Katz, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity; Body Mass Index; Child; Exercise; Health focus: fitness physical activity, nutrition; Humans; Manuscript format: research; Obesity; Outcome measure: cognitive, behavioral, biometric; Physical Fitness; Prevention Research; Research purpose: intervention testing program evaluation; Setting: family, school, local community; Strategy: education, skill building behavior change; Students; Study design: quasi experimental; Target population age: youth; Target population circumstances: geographic location

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85013382113     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.140820-QUAN-413     Document Type: Article

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